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Celebrating the Liturgy as a Way for Peace
By Archpriest Theodore van der Voort Our parish in Deventer, belonging to the “Archdiocese of Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe”, so the “rue... Read More
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Where Was God in Bucha?
By Fr. George Kovalenko, Archpriest of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, reprinted with permission from his initiative “God Against War”. With the images that come to... Read More
Orthodoxy Without Borders
By Thirza Buijkx Seen from a distance, today’s world of Orthodoxy may seem like a stack of different coats: you have Russian Orthodoxy, Greek Orthodoxy,... Read More
St. Silouan on Loving Our Enemies
By Sr. Magdalene, Stavropegic Monastery of St. John the Baptist, Essex. Many patristic commentaries speak of the Beatitudes as a sequence of progressive stages. Our... Read More
Prayer for Unity by St. Sophrony
Incommunion - Prayer for Unity by St. Sophrony - Issue 77 Lord Jesus Christ, Thou Lamb of God, Who didst take upon Thyself the sin of... Read More
What the world’s “invisible” women have taught me about holiness
Honor is a woman of grace. When I first met her, I was struck by something almost regal in her calm, composed countenance amidst the... Read More
Nuclear Cacodoxy?
By Chris Ferrero for the Orthodox Peace Fellowship *** Nuclear weapons are experiencing a renaissance in the public consciousness. The blockbuster film Oppenheimer won Best... Read More
No Borders: Remembering Jim by Nancy Forest
Shortly after Jim passed away in January 2022, I began the task of designing his gravestone. We had not discussed this beforehand, so it was... Read More
A memory of Jim Forest by Arno Akkermans
I was with Jim on Athos. As it would turn out, the only occasion on which we would leisurely spend time together, just the two... Read More
Jim Forest in memoriam By Fr Andrew Louth
In the Fathers of the Church, from the time of Origen, there is a notion of the ‘spiritual senses’: just as we perceive the physical... Read More
The Vocation of a Peacemaker By Jim Forest
This is an extract from a talk given by Jim at St Tikhon’s Monastery in June 2003. The talk was later edited by Jim into... Read More
Remembering Jim Forest By Vincent van Buuren
It is hard to believe that on the 13th of January one year had already passed since Jim died, just before the war in Ukraine... Read More
The Tangerine of Love by Thirza Buijkx
Ever since I was a child, I always used to hear stories about some “Jim Forest,” whom my mother respected a lot. I didn’t really... Read More
Holy Consistency: Jim Forest ‘s Life of Protest and Proclamation By Michael Plekon
I was grateful to have known Jim Forest. Mostly I corresponded with him. I last was with him at a conference of the Thomas Merton... Read More
Celebrating the Liturgy as a Way to Promote Peace
Our parish in Deventer, belonging to the “Archdiocese of Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe”, so the “rue Daru” to keep it simple, is... Read More
The Remarkable Life of Mother Gavrilia
Seen from a distance, today’s world of Orthodoxy may seem like a stack of different coats: you have Russian Orthodoxy, Greek Orthodoxy, Serbian etc., all... Read More
Appeal of the Clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church for Reconciliation and an End to the War
Nearly 300 priests and deacons of the Moscow Patriarchate have signed this petition to Patriarch Kirill WE, priests and deacons of the Russian Orthodox Church, each... Read More
The Heresy of Religious Imperialism
by Nicholas Sooy A year after Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the arrival of Putin’s “little green men” in the Donbass, I made a trip to Mt. Athos, one... Read More
Excerpt from Discrediting Love
Fr. John Burdin was arrested March 6 for preaching against the invasion of Ukraine. On March 9, Novaya Gazeta published an article by Sergey Mostovshchikov titled Discrediting Love, which gives... Read More
Meditations at a Graveyard
During Great Lent, a dear friend of mine passed away. Ever since I was a child, she would always sit with us in the car... Read More
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